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fujiyamasan

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12. I agree with this in principle

Reply to groundloop (Original post)

Tue Jun 16, 2026, 02:51 AM

11 hrs ago

In practice it’s a lot harder to legislate than it would initially seem. Unless you want to have social media companies actually requiring state/national IDs to verify, like with some porn sites.

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